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[olds_kool_lews]

i know the feeling weve had 2 days of it now and the only time i get on mine is a weekend.

literally puts a dampner on things lol good thing though is that at least all the welding is finished nad its litereally skim of filler here and there, rub down the rest of the panels and its off for final prep and paint

[olds_kool_lews]

with this morning being wet, i didnt get much done so went out with the missus and our daughter, this afternoon dried up so i thought id get some more done on the car, my daughter wanted to help too, shes nearly 3 but already has the mini bug!



she wants to learn to weld too, bless her



bought some rear doors from cookie off here, finished off the repair to the bottom which he had already started



then having thought about it, having a beam instead of a full subframe i had no where to hang my exhaust from at the back, so did this...




once bolted up ill have somewhere to hang my exhaust from!

i also did some more prep work on the shell, but wont bore you with endless pics of sanding lol

Edited by olds_kool_lews, 13 March 2011 - 06:40 PM.

[analogue_radio]

That's a lot of weight just to hang an exhaust from! you could take that on a diet couldn't you? Depends if you are fussed about it to be honest.

[olds_kool_lews]

it dont weigh much to be honest, i thought about cutting loads of hole in it, but didnt see the point lol

[olds_kool_lews]

been doing some more work on the clubVAN again today while the weather is perfect! repaired and fitted all the doors, drilled the holes for the wing mirrors, trial fitted my carbon fibre bonnet and generally standing back with a cup of tea admiring my work (good job its outside, my big head wouldnt fit in a garage lol)

anyway heres some pics...

rear doors repaired and fitted, nice fit too, the drivers one I repaired myself, the passenger one was already half repaired by the guy I got them off, and I finished it off, but the fit along the bottom isnt as good in my opinion



wing mirrors fitted, took me half hour to decide where I wanted them and to fit them, I think I got them just right



the blue electrical tape was used to mark out where I want the black line to cross the bonnet and wings


got my paint guy coming round later to give it a once over, and to give me a price and hopefully get it up the unit to slap on its new coat

[olds_kool_lews]

had my paint guy come round this morning to price up my paint job, gonna cost me £650 all in including wet flatting and polish as it was through a mate of a mate, he said for anyone else the paint job would of cost £1500.... result!

[olds_kool_lews]

good news, mini is booked in for its paint on tuesday

[Tupers]

Ideal, are you still going for red/orange with the bumble bee stripe over the bonnet?

Edited by Tupers, 20 March 2011 - 09:38 PM.

[minidream94]

i think thats what the blue tape across the bonnet is for tupers

I personally think the mirrors need to go further down the wings towards the front of the car, but it looks good

[olds_kool_lews]

Ideal, are you still going for red/orange with the bumble bee stripe over the bonnet?

yeah man, still going for the stripe across the bonnet, really cant wait for it!

nick - the mirrors are in the perfect spot for me, too far away n i wouldnt see nothin lol

[DaveVader]

oooh

edit: I apologise now for the size of the picture, uploaded from my phone onto tinypic, I'll sort it in the morning.

Edited by DaveVader, 20 March 2011 - 10:30 PM.

[olds_kool_lews]

haha quality pic mate!

[miniallsort]

looking goood

[olds_kool_lews]

cheers man, off for paint tomorrow! ohhh yeaahhhhh!.............

[olds_kool_lews]

mini is now at the paint shop! hopefully will be painted next week!